Scott Hogan now looks certain to follow in the footsteps of Jack Grealish after Martin O'Neill all but dismissed any remaining hopes the striker would declare for the Republic of Ireland.

The Aston Villa striker has given no indication in recent months that he wants to link up with O'Neill's squad and the Ireland boss admits he's parked the issue.

The only new face in O'Neill's 37-strong panel for Ireland's three June fixtures is Burnley's recent debutant Kevin Long.

"No there's no Scott Hogan (included), and I really can't give you much of an update," said O'Neill.

"I've left it with his agent and the lad himself. I had a conversation with the agent, and it was pretty short at the time."

Asked if he was hopeful that Hogan could come on board at some stage, O'Neill quipped: "Not necessarily".

The age profile of his strike force has been a concern for some time but O'Neill has resisted the urge to bring in in-form Cork City striker Seanie Maguire.

Maguire was tipped to come into the squad after the short trip to the US that sees Ireland play a friendly against Mexico in New Jersey on June 1, but that's not the case.

"I'll keep monitoring it as I'll do with a couple of players who haven't made the squad," said O'Neill.

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"It's good to see him doing well but I think there are a couple of lads in front of him there in terms of experience as much as anything else."

Cillian Sheridan, who has been in excellent form since moving to Polish club Jagiellonia Bialystok with six goals in 10 games, is omitted for similar reasons.

O'Neill will experiment in the States, with the bulk of his side set to be made up of Championship players who have been out of action since the end of their regular season.

But he will turn to his more experienced performers for the June 4 friendly against Uruguay in Dublin before the crucial World Cup qualifier with Austria a week later.

Ireland's preparations begin at Fota Island next week with a three-day camp, the scene of their initial build-up for the Euro 2016 finals last summer.

"The training camp is for the Championship players, essentially - 15 or 16 players who finished the season a couple of weeks ago and are not involved," said O'Neill, who will be without Ciaran Clark and David Myler with knee injuries, and long-term absentee Seamus Coleman.

"A number of them haven't been involved or have been ion the bench in the last few weeks of the season.

"That is next week, that leaves us a couple of days left for people to go away, gather again before we go to New York for the first game.

"For the others, I would like them to take a break for a week or so with their families.

"If the players don't go to America they will be ready for the game against Uruguay, and that's a big match for us in terms of preparation for the Austria game.

"There was always going to be short turnaround.

"The amount of time we've had this time, it's not an inconvenience for the players but it falls at a strange old time.